Tenimyu
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About
Tenimyu (Japanese: テニミュ) is an abbreviated name of Musical The Prince of Tennis (ミュージカル テニスの王子様, Musical Tennis no Ouji-sama)[1], a musical franchise for the Japanese manga The Prince of Tennis by Takeshi Konomi.[2] It also refers to a big misheard phrase/fake subtitle meme happened on the Japanese video sharing service Nico Nico Douga (NND) in 2007.
Origin
The seed of this meme was a singing scene in "Musical The Prince of Tennis: Imperial Match Hyoutei in Summer"[3], the 7th performance in this musical series played by the 2nd generation cast in August 2005 and released in DVD on November of that year. This scene is based on the manga's episode of Ryoma Echizen's game against Wakashi Hiyoshi in Kanto Tournament, which is included in chapter 154-157. Then, it came to get the first attention by a YouTube video which was submitted to NND in beta service on January 18th, 2007.[4] This video, called "Aitsu Koso ga Tennis no Oujisama" (あいつこそがテニスの王子様, lit. "He Will Be The Prince of Tennis"), had been watched about 700,000 times in its first three weeks, and deleted by copyright infringement in the following month.
| Japanese (Romanized) | English Translation |
|---|---|
| Ike Echizen omae no yuku teni ni wa | Go, Echizen! There is our world |
| Oretachi no sekai ga aru | In the road you walk |
| Tobe Echizen nanimo osorenu | Jump, Echizen! Don't show fear! |
| omae no COOL na GUTS wo misetekure | Show them your cool guts! |
| Soko da Echizen inazuma to mimagou | It's there, Echizen! It's like looking at lightning |
| TWIST SERVE de kimero | Let's decide it with twist serve |
| Ii zo Echizen meni moto maranu | It's good, Echizen! It doesn't stay in the eyes |
| SPEED wo motsu SMASH wo puchikamase | Hit it with a smash of great speed |
| GO Echizen kakan na taido de | Go, Echizen! In a resolute attitude |
| Atarashii waza ayatsure | Manipulate the new technique |
| ALRIGHT Echizen hirumun janai yo | Alright, Echizen! Don't be afraid |
| Omae ni fukanou na koto wa nanimo nai | Nothing is impossible for you |
| Arayuru hito doumoku saseru | Make all the people stare at you |
| Omae no TENNIS wa shikou no waza | Your tennis is a supreme technique |
| Omae wa Seigaku no hashira ni nare | You must become a pillar of Seigaku |
| Oretachi no eikou wo michibike | And lead us to our glory |
| Gekokujou daze tsubuse | It's gekokujou! Crush him! |
| Noshiyagaruze choujou made | Push your way to the top |
| Oikakeru no ga kaikan daze | Chasing is a pleasure |
| Oitsuite buttsu bushite yaru | And it catches up in no time |
| Gekokujoutte iu kedo | Though he says it's gekokujou |
| Ore ni wa kankei nai sa | It has nothing to do with me |
| Teki ga tsuyokereba tsuyoi hodo | The stronger the opponent is, the stronger I get |
| Taitou ni butsu kariau dake | Let's compete with each other equally |
| Gekokujou daze Gekokujou daze | It's gekokujou! It's gekokujou! |
| Tsubuse! | Crush him! |
| Aikawarazu dane Echizen Ryoma | It's still the same, isn't it? Echizen Ryoma |
| Nan i do no takai TECH | With a difficult technique |
| De shiai wo moriageru | Bringing the match to the highest |
| Omae wa boku wo atsukusuru | You make me passionate |
| Omae wa hito wo hikitsukeru | You attract the audience |
| BEST TENSION BEST CONDITION | Best tension, best condition |
| YOU ARE THE BEST | You are the best |
| YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF TENNIS | You are the prince of tennis |
| Omae no shinshi na taido wa mukatsuku hodo daze | Your sincere attitude makes people feel sick |
| Shikashi hito no kokoro wo ugokasu sono AURA wa nanda | However, it moves a person, what aura is this? |
| Ore ni ninsei wo kangae saseru | You made me look back on myself |
| Tsuyosa yue no kibishisa | I become strict because of strength |
| Sona kouki na kagayaki ni | The noble shine makes people |
| Hito wa mabataki wo wasureru | Forget to even blink |
| Terekusai hodo no yobinaga niau | It's like the given name |
| Omae wa masashiku TENNIS no Oujisama | You are an exact prince of tennis |
| YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF TENNIS | You are the prince of tennis |
| BEST TENSION BEST CONDITION | Best tension best condition |
| YOU ARE THE BEST | You are the best |
| YOU ARE THE PRINCE OF TENNIS | You are the prince of tennis |
via. Kumikyoku Wiki[5]
The Musical
Musical The Prince of Tennis, running since 2003, is a quite unique "sports manga" musical played by young male actors only. Supported by many female fans, it has grown to a very succeeded musical franchise that has drawn 1.7 million of spectators in the first decade. Even English wiki page for this show has been launched by fans in overseas.[6]
This musical's another characteristic is its actor selection process which chooses casts by whether their looks fit to the original characters' image out of consideration of their actual acting carrier or skills. So, there are a few of strange moments in this show caused by young actors' impassioned but immature performances. However, it's the biggest enjoyment for fans to watch the growth of their favorite actors throughout the shows.
Spread
By the great help of NND's comment feature working as subtitles and decoration, funny misheard/fake phrases by users went quite well with actors' bad pronunciations/singing even if those were slightly unmatch. Led by those user comments, this video immediately became to one of the killer contents in that newborn video sharing service. Though copyright holders tried removing for several times, users have continued re-uploading since after NND's relaunching on March 6th 2007.[7][8][9] As of March 2014, the fourth reincarnation of this video (shown below) had earned over 4.5 million views[10], and the total view count of all of the reprints has reached over 6 million. The amount of related videos tagged under "Tenimyu" has reached over 4700 as well.[11]
| Original Phrases (Translation) |
Misheard Phrases (Translation) |
|---|---|
|
Omae no yuku teni ni wa (There is our world) |
Omae no yaku cherry pie (A cherry pie that you're baking) |
|
Are wa "Zero Shiki"! (That's "Zero Style"!) |
Anal Zero shiki! (Anus Zero style!) |
|
Gekokujou daze! Tsubuse! (It's gekokujou! Crush him!) |
Nekokujo daze! Tuuhuusei! (Extermination of cats! Ventilation power!) |
|
Noshiyagaruze choujou made (Push your way to the top) |
Rosia Garu de JoJo Mane (Russian girl spoofing JoJo) |
|
Hito wa mabataki wo wasureru (Forget to even blink) |
Hito wa nagasaki wo wasuresu (People forget Nagasaki [Prefecture]) |
| Best tension, best condition |
Playstation, Best Sony Shou (Playstation, Best Sony Award) |
| You're the best |
Yuasa desu (I am Yuasa. [family name]) |
| You're the Prince of Tennis! | You're the Prince of Penis! |
|
Omae wa boku wo atsukusuru (You make me passionate) |
Omae wa boku wo atsuku surū (You passionately ignore me) |
| Hyoutei! Hyoutei! Hyoutei!･･･ |
Doutei! Doutei! Doutei!･･･ (Cherry Boys! Cherry Boys! Cherry Boys!･･･) |
Tenimyu meme is also dubbed as "The First Great Three" (初代御三家) together with Let's Go! Onmyouji and Kishimen, and known as one of the most important memes that established NND's unique comment style in the earliest days of that video sharing service. In a reflection of the popularity, this song has been included in many Nico Nico medleys created in later years.
Notable Examples
Different from many other NND memes, Tenimyu is a simple meme to enjoy comments on the musical's original videos. It hasn't derived so many parody videos like MAD videos memes. Each videos are usually dubbed by nicknames coming from famous misheard phrases.
Left: "Yūki vs. Ninjin" (Organic vs. Carrot) | Right: "Canada☆Lemon" (Canadian Lemon)
Left: "Takoyaki Rice" | Right: "Baikin Oh" (The King of Bugs)
Search Interest
External References
Editor’s Note: Registration is needed to browse the original videos listed in this section. And you need to change "region" and "language" settings in the bottom of video pages to watch Japanese comments unless you set the Japanese to your browser's default language.
[2] Wikipedia – The Prince of Tennis
[3] Wikipedia – List of The Prince of Tennis Musicals # The Imperial Match Hyoutei Gakuen
[4] niconico Douga – Aitsu koso ga Tennis no Oujisama (YouTube) / submitted on 01-18-2007 (Internet Archive, Japanese)
[5] KumikyokuWiki – You are the Prince of Tennis
[7] niconico Douga – Aitsu koso ga Tennis no Oujisama / Posted on 03-06-2007 (sm27, deleted)
[8] niconico Douga – Aitsu koso ga Tennis no Oujisama (あいつこそがテニスの王子様) / Posted on 12-21-2007 (sm1830469, deleted)
[9] niconico Douga – Aitsu koso ga Tennis no Oujisama (あいつこそがテニスの王子様) / Posted on 12-24-2007 (sm1857727, deleted)
[10] niconico Douga – Aitsu koso ga Tennis no Oujisama (あいつこそがテニスの王子様) / Posted on 12-24-2007
